Little Wolcott Creek - bottom 5' Irondequoit (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Wayne County, New York (43.2° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 43.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Irondequoit Formation (Clinton Group), Sheinwoodian (433.4 - 430.5 Ma)

• bottom 5' of section

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, green shale

• green fissile shale

Primary reference: T. Gillette. 1947. The Clinton of Western and Central New York. New York State Museum Bulletin (341) [L. Ivany/P. Wall]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 82514: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 28.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
"Stropheodonta corrugata" = Strophodonta corrugata
"Stropheodonta corrugata" = Strophodonta corrugata Conrad 1842
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis
"Sowerbyella transversalis" = Eoplectodonta (Eoplectodonta) transversalis Wahlenberg 1818
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
"Coelospira sulcata" = Eocoelia sulcata
"Coelospira sulcata" = Eocoelia sulcata Prouty 1923
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
"Scenidium pyramidale" = Skenidium
"Scenidium pyramidale" = Skenidium
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus
"Spirifer radiatus" = Eospirifer radiatus Sowerby 1834
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa nodostriata" = Eospinatrypa nodostriata Hall 1852
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Ostracoda
 Beyrichiacea - Zygobolbidae
 Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae
Dibolbina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1923 ostracod
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Retiolites geinitzianus Barrande 1850 graptolite
venosus
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae